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• University of Michigan isn't disclosing details of internet outage cyber attack

  U-M officials have made no mention of any kind of ransomware or an extortion attempt, and neither the FBI nor Homeland Security, two federal agencies that potentially could be involved with investigating cybercrimes, would confirm to the Free Press involvement in an investigation.

  The state Attorney General’s office told the Free Press it wasn’t investigating the U-M attack [sic].

• Wi-Fi restored to UMich after three-day outage

  According to Ono, users should be able to access the University Wi-Fi from any device. The University still expects some delays with online services in the next couple days, Ono wrote, asking the campus community to remain patient while ITS works through any minor issues.

• University cuts itself off from internet after mystery security snafu

  Students initially reported being unable to access services that required University of Michigan authentication, such as Canvas and Gmail. However, the school said on Monday that services including Google, Canvas, Zoom, Adobe Cloud, Dropbox, Slack, and other systems were functioning and accessible with UoM authentication via off-campus and cellular networks.

  A University of Michigan spokesperson confirmed to The Register that while the authentication system was restored Monday, allowing students and staff to login to some school resources, network services continue to be impaired - to put it politely.

• [Repeat] University of Michigan severs ties to [Internet] after cyberattack

  The university said it will waive late registration or disenrollment fees until the end of the month, which is in a few days. Financial aid funds may be delayed due to the outage but several other campus systems are still operating using off-campus and cellular networks.

  The school did not respond to requests for comment about whether it was a ransomware attack, but school president Santa J. Ono apologized for the incident on Tuesday.

• University of Michigan severs ties to [Internet] after cyberattack

  The University of Michigan announced that it has severed its ties to the internet and cut off access to some systems after experiencing a cyberattack that began on Sunday.

• University of Michigan shuts down school’s internet connections following ‘significant’ cybersecurity incident

  The cause of the outage was unclear. The university’s statements suggested malicious cyber activity was to blame. A university spokesperson, Kim Broekhuizen, said they did not have additional information to share beyond the public statements made by the university.

  The incident comes weeks after the White House held a high-profile meeting with K-12 school administrators highlighting the need to protect schools against ransomware and other hacks ahead of the new school year.

• University of Michigan shuts down [Internet] due to security concern

  Sunday afternoon, after careful evaluation of a significant security concern, we made the intentional decision to sever our ties to the [Internet]. We took this action to provide our information technology teams the space required to address the issue in the safest possible manner.”

• Despite progress, issues persist with University of Michigan internet outage

  University of Michigan students and faculty spoke across social media about the litany of issues related to the ongoing [Internet] outage across all three campuses. While able to use cell phones for some [Internet], many discussed how too many people on their phones is overwhelming the cellular network.

  Meanwhile, technicians continue to work to fully restore [Internet] across all three campuses.

• University of Michigan internet outage continues; federal investigators involved

  The university decided to take the school offline after it said a cybersecurity threat was detected.

  According to a statement released by the University of Michigan President Santo Ono, the federal government, along with police is investigating the threat.

  Students are unable to access class schedules or online tools at the start of the new semester.

• University of Michigan Halts Internet During First Week of Classes

  There is no timeline as to when [Internet] access will be fully restored, and it could take several days, U-M spokesman Rick Fitzgerald told Inside Higher Ed. In the meantime, he said, U-M students can also access cloud-based services including Zoom, Canvas and Dropbox through off-campus and cellular networks.

• Univ. of Michigan Shuts Down Internet Due to Cyber Threat

  Students and staff at the University of Michigan are without [Internet] after a cyber security threat was detected by the school on Sunday, August 27.

• University of Michigan 'working around the clock' to restore internet to campus community

  The team has reportedly been able to restore access to some systems, but they said it might take several days before all the services return to normal.

• University of Michigan cuts off [Internet] access because of security concerns

  Students, faculty and staff can access their accounts using off-campus or cellular networks, the school said. Off-campus/cellular network access has also been restored to cloud-based services like Google products, Canvas, Adobe Creative Suite, Zoom, Wolverine Access, Dropbox, Slack, and Duo.

• University of Michigan shuts down school’s internet connections following ‘significant’ cybersecurity incident

  The University of Michigan internet shutdown Monday affected campus IT systems used for research and fundraising, and could delay financial aid reimbursements.

• Internet restored on University of Michigan campus, ongoing issues still expected

  Internet has been restored on the University of Michigan campus after several days of outages caused by a “significant security concern,” officials said on Wednesday.

  Internet connectivity was restored as of shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, officials said on social media.

• University of Michigan restores internet access, still mum on security issue

  U-M officials still won’t say when they will release information on the nature of the security concern